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Video camera settings, To select video camera settings

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To select video camera settings 1 Activate the camera and tap . 2 Tap to display the settings bar. 3 Tap to view more settings. Video camera settings Auto/Manual Auto When Auto is on, Scenes, Focus, Exposure time and White balance are set to Auto. Manual When Manual is on, you can select all settings manually. Scenes Use Scenes to quickly set up the camera for common situations using pre-programmed scenes. Auto When you select Auto mode in the camera settings bar, Scenes is set to automatically adjust settings for a video. You can only use the Auto scene by selecting Auto mode. The Auto scene is not available in Manual mode. Custom When you select Custom, you can adjust all settings in the camera. You have to select Manual in the camera settings bar to use Custom. Night mode When turned on, light sensitivity is increased. Use in poorly lit environments. Videos of fast-moving objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support. Focus Focus determines which part of a video should be sharp. Auto The camera automatically focuses on the selected subject. Macro Auto focus for extreme close-up videos. Infinite Use when recording videos at a distance. Focus is set on subjects far away. Subjects close to the camera may be blurred. Light Select whether you want to use the light when you record a video. On Turn on the light to improve close-up videos in poorly lit environments. Off The light is always turned off regardless of lighting conditions. Note: Sometimes a video gets better without the light, even if lighting conditions are poor. To record a good-quality video without using the light requires a steady hand. You can also use a support and the self-timer to avoid a blurred video. Shoot mode You can set the camera to take full-length video clips, or short video clips that are suitable for multimedia messages. Normal Use Normal to record full-length videos. Picture message Use Picture message to record videos suitable for sending in multimedia messages (MMS). The recording time of this video format is limited to fit in a multimedia message. 76 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To select video camera settings
1
Activate the camera and tap
.
2
Tap
to display the settings bar.
3
Tap
to view more settings.
Video camera settings
Auto/Manual
Auto
When
Auto
is on,
Scenes
,
Focus
,
Exposure time
and
White balance
are set to
Auto
.
Manual
When
Manual
is on, you can select all settings manually.
Scenes
Use Scenes to quickly set up the camera for common situations using pre-programmed scenes.
Auto
When you select
Auto
mode in the camera settings bar,
Scenes
is set to automatically adjust settings for
a video. You can only use the
Auto
scene by selecting
Auto
mode. The
Auto
scene is not available in
Manual
mode.
Custom
When you select
Custom
, you can adjust all settings in the camera. You have to select
Manual
in the
camera settings bar to use
Custom
.
Night mode
When turned on, light sensitivity is increased. Use in poorly lit environments. Videos of fast-moving objects
may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support.
Focus
Focus determines which part of a video should be sharp.
Auto
The camera automatically focuses on the selected subject.
Macro
Auto focus for extreme close-up videos.
Infinite
Use when recording videos at a distance. Focus is set on subjects far away. Subjects close to the camera
may be blurred.
Light
Select whether you want to use the light when you record a video.
On
Turn on the light to improve close-up videos in poorly lit environments.
Off
The light is always turned off regardless of lighting conditions. Note: Sometimes a video gets better without
the light, even if lighting conditions are poor. To record a good-quality video without using the light requires
a steady hand. You can also use a support and the self-timer to avoid a blurred video.
Shoot mode
You can set the camera to take full-length video clips, or short video clips that are suitable for multimedia
messages.
Normal
Use
Normal
to record full-length videos.
Picture message
Use
Picture message
to record videos suitable for sending in multimedia messages (MMS). The recording
time of this video format is limited to fit in a multimedia message.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.